Pilot project sends doctors to poor districts

As many as 78 young doctors have been recruited for a pilot project on sending doctors to disadvantaged areas including mountainous and border areas and islands as of June, the Health Ministry said at a press conference in Hanoi on June 22.

Young doctors in poor districts (Source: VNA)

The doctors will receive intensive training before being assigned to work in 37 poor districts in 13 provinces.

The Healthy Ministry will hold a ceremony on June 28 to send seven young doctors to Bac Ha district, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.